The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

AMPULARIIDAE

Pomacea insularum

Island Applesnail

 

 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms: 

Also Reported As:
                   Pomacea canaliculata Lamark
                                           (Neck 1986; Neck & Schultz 1992)
                   Pomacea canaliculata
group

                                           (Howells et al 2006 in Rawlings et al 2007)

 

 

 

Distribution Citations

1986 Neck

1992 Neck & Schultz

2005-2007 Fuller
2006 Howells et al. in
         Rawlings et al. 2007
2007 Rawlings et al.

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-Introduced Species (Rawlings et al. 2007)

-1st Texas record from Harris County in 1989 (Neck & Schultz 1992)

-reports of P. canaliculata in Texas are really P. insularum (Rawlings et al. 2007)

-Fullington

-Cameron County report of P. paludosa is probably P. canaliculata (Neck 1986)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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